richardhutnik said:
DirtyP2002 said:
wick said:
Cloud shmoud.
Why would Microsoft be so unwilling to "split" their user base with Kinect, yet they are willing to slit it with "teh cloud"?
Seeing as it's no longer required to have your XB1 connected to the net to function, will developers want to risk relying on "teh cloud " for on the fly calculations when a good portion of the user base won't be using it? |
Every Xbox One CAN be connected to the internet.
A Xbox One that comes without Kinect can't use it until you pay $150 for the hardware device.
So the barrier to buy and play Kinect games would be much bigger than connecting the console to the internet.
Games like Left 4 Dead / Left 4 Dead 2 are pretty much online only and they did really well on the Xbox 360.
Titanfall will do pretty well and it is online only as well. Are you worried that somehow people won't connect their next gen system to the internet any longer?
The Cloud will be a very important feature next gen. You have to be in denial not to see this.
But hey, maybe IBM, Google, Apple, Amazon and MS are all wrong and the cloud is a fad. They invested BILLIONS of USD for a reason.
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Cloud enables these companies to turn computing into a service they then can rent out and keep making money on. They are not investing billions in order to make gaming superior, but to make more money.
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This will be done for gaming as well. It is inviteable. You may not like it, but this is the future.
The pay-$60-once-and-play-forever business will still be there, but games as a service is coming. Just like computing as a service is here to stay.
